Detached building units on plural support platforms



Oct; 27, 1970 .1. KUPPER 3,535,835

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nyvENroR 73s K U PPG? 47 T0 kAlE Y! United States Patent 3,535,835 DETACHED BUILDING UNITS 0N PLURAL SUPPORT PLATFORMS Josef Kiipper, Durener Str. 200, Cologne-Lindentha], Germany Continuation of application Ser. No. 663,052, Aug. 24, 1967. This application Mar. 17, 1969, Ser. No. 808,392 Int. Cl. E04h 1/04; E04h 1/343 US. Cl. 5279 6 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A new and improved building construction comprises a plurality of completely detached houses built on respective laterally spaced support platforms and connected to each other on each level by an access way, the support platforms being carried by uprights set in the ground and the uprights having the form of walls defining the respective side walls of the detached houses.

This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 663,052, filed Aug. 24, 1967, now abandoned.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION At present, in general there is a pronounced trend to provide building constructions with as much space as economically feasible. However, especially in the construction of houses, two diverging tendencies are faced today. On the one hand, one must endeavour to utilize, especially in densely populated so-called balling areas, every portion of land available for building purposes as economically as possible, and on the other, the tendency of those interested in building and renting homes is to desire their own detached house.

For the purpose of economically utilizing the land available for building purposes, it is already known to erect high buildings which are subdivided into floors, and which have, on each floor, living units consisting of many rooms, These high buildings are mostly formed as compact construction and the separate living apartments are joined with neighbouring living apartments at least by a common wall, and frequently by a common ceiling/floor construction, so that they are of no use to those people who want their own detached houses. A structure, given the name hanging house, is also already known, whereby false floors of apartment-like developments are arranged on supports set in the ground. With this known construction, the common ceiling/floor constructions are abolished, yet nevertheless, the living apartments still have common side walls, so that also with this known construction, detached individual homes cannot be produced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In general, the inventive building is a structure consisting of support platforms, uprights carrying these and set in the ground and completely detached houses built on the support platforms. By the term detached house is meant a house which is independent of each other house, built on its own respective support platform and having its own respective floor, respective ceiling and respective interior walls. Also, the exterior side walls of laterally adjacent detached houses are spaced from each other, whereby no individual house has any wall in common with any other individual house, so that each individual house, or detached house, is completely separated from each other individual house, or detached house.

Accordingly, the inventive building construction comprises a building with a basic structure consisting of support platforms and supporting uprights carrying them and set in the ground in a way such that, in accordance with 3,535,835 Patented Oct. 27, 1970 'ice the invention, detached individual houses are constructed on respective support platforms and all houses on a common level are connected together by an access way. The uprights take the form of side walls defining the lateral limits, or exterior walls, of the individual houses, and the vertical junction with one another of the access ways, obtained by staircases arranged in or annexed to them.

With a construction so formed according to the invention, the individual houses have no walls common with the neighbouring detached houses, so that the desire of the inhabitant for a completely detached home is fulfilled, without involving an undue demand on building ground. There is thus obtained an optimum use of plots of land in all areas and an architectural effect which fits in well with the landscape, for, with a construction in accordance with the invention, according to the circumstances of the landscape which is to be built upon and the form and nature of the building land available, one can arrange the Walls, which support and define the edge of the detached houses, either as radii of a circle, as generally tangent to a common circle, or as extending transversely, in longitudinally spaced relation, along a common row.

Accordingly, a principal object of the present invention is to provide a building construction which represents actually detached individual units.

Another object of the invention is to provide a building construction which allows economical utilization of available ground.

A further object of the invention is to provide a build ing construction involving individual detached units which have no walls common with neighbouring detached units.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an improved building in which both the requirement of effective utilization of the ground and the requirement of actually detached individual units are combined.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS For an understanding of the principles of the invention, reference is made to the following description of typical embodiments thereof as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a building according to the invention, in which the walls defining the side edges of the detached houses are arranged radially of a circle with respect to one another;

FIG. 2 is a cross-section on the line 11-11 of FIG 1;

FIG. 3 is a plan view of an embodiment of the invention building in which the walls defining the side edges or exterior side walls of the houses are arranged with respect to one another generally tangentially of a circle; and

FIG. 4 is a plan view of an embodiment of the invention building in which the walls defining the side edges or exterior side walls of the detached houses are arranged to extend, in longitudinally spaced relation, transversely of a row along which the walls are arranged in succession.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the separate drawings, like parts are provided with the same reference numbers. It should also be noted that, in the drawings, such items as exterior walls, door openings, window openings, stairs and elevator wells are illustrated in the manner conventional in architectural plan views of buildings.

The structure in FIG. 1 shows twenty walls 1 which are set in diverging relation to each other along the radii of a circle, and which are preferably made of reinforced concrete and set in the ground. In horizontal planes one above the other, these walls serve as the exterior side walls of detached houses 2, which, as can be seen from FIG. 2, are built on respective laterally spaced support platforms 3 each contained between a pair of walls 1. In the illustrated embodiment the detached houses 2 are built on alternate superposed planes in such a manner that, with respect to any two vertically adjacent planes, alternate houses are positioned on one plane and intermediate houses, which are laterally intermediate the alternate houses, are positioned on the adjacent plane. On the inside of the circle, an access way 4 is built on every level, adjoining the detached houses, and these access ways can be reached from the ground floor by a total of four symmetrically staggered staircases 5. The staircases are envisaged in the form of hollow columns of reinforced concrete, so that lifts for the inhabitants and for goods, refuse chutes and the like can be accommodated next to the stairwells. The stairwells are set in a known way in the ground, in the same way as the uprights 1 which form the walls. The detached houses can be built in any desired form, for instance one or more storeys high. If multi-storeyed detached houses are to be obtained, then the storey heights conditioned by the vertical spacing from one another of the corresponding support platforms 3, must be planned at suitable spacings. As a rule, single storey detached houses will be provided for, for reasons of cost and for the visual aspects of architectural design. Detached houses 2, mainly of the same external shape, will be considered in the design.

The service or supply ducts for the detached houses 2 can be installed in the walls 1 in practice.

The detached houses 2 can be constructed in any known manner of building and in any desired shape. They are suitably manufactured in lightweight construction and from previously prepared parts. They can be advantageously so designed, as regards their ground plan construction, that they are exposed as much as possible to the sun, as is achieved if balconies 6 are provided on all sides.

In the embodiment in FIG. 3, the walls 1 are positioned tangentially of a circle and in a somewhat starlike arrangement with respect to each other. The staircases are fitted into the centre, at which the direction of the wall arrangement changes. Just as in the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2, each detached house 2 stands completely free, without any wall touching the lateral neighbouring house and light and air can enter it from all sides.

The embodiment of FIG. 4 differs from the previously described embodiments solely by the positioning of the walls 1 to extend transversely of a common row and in longitudinally spaced relation along the row, which gives the total arrangement a somewhat dragonlike appearance.

Also the detached houses 2 are again arranged in alternating horizontal planes and by way of access ways 4 at each level are connected with the ground through staircases 5 built vertically one beneath the other at the angles.

Public places, such as childrens playgrounds, sports stadiums, restaurants, swimming pools and so forth can be etablished on the topmost floor. Garages, shops and similar establishments can be located preferably on the Cir ground floor. Obviously schools, kindergartens or other structures in the form of detached units can be planned in a building according to the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. High rise building structure comprising, in combination, plural support platforms arranged at vertically spaced levels; laterally spaced uprights carrying said support platforms and set in the ground; each platform extending between a respective pair of laterally adjacent uprights; plural completely detached building units arranged in laterally spaced relation on respective alternate platforms on each level, each unit being free of engagement from all platforms except its respective support platform; said uprights having the form of walls in part defining external side walls of said detached units; access ways horizontally interconnecting all the units at a respective level; and staircases vertically interconnecting said levels.

2. High rise building structure according to claim 1, characterized in that the walls are arranged along radii of a circle.

3. High rise building structure according to claim 1, characterized in that the walls are arranged generally tangential to a circle and spaced from each other around the circle.

4. High rise building structure according to claim 1, characterized in that the walls are placed in longitudinally spaced relation along a row to extend transversely of the row.

5. High rise building structure according to claim 1, characterized in that the walls are arranged side by side on the circumference of an oval-shaped main design.

6. Building according to claim 1, in which the units on adjacent levels are staggered relative to each other, with alternate units on one level and units intermediate such alternate units on an adjacent level.

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1,158,924 2/1958 France. 1,014,595 12/1965 Great Britain.

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ALFRED C. PERHAM, Primary Examiner US. Cl. X.R. 5267, 185, 236 

